From: David Kennedy on
eastender wrote:
> In article<hqckes$rsf$1(a)pc-news.cogsci.ed.ac.uk>,
> richard(a)cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) wrote:
>
>> Apple seem to be getting nuttier every day.
>
> Also its censorship of the app store, with this ban for a prize winning
> cartoonist:
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/15/mark_fiore_rejected_from_app_stor
> e/
>
> E.

<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/16/apple_asks_fiore_to_resubmit/>


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David Kennedy

http://www.anindianinexile.com
From: Bruce Horrocks on
On 17/04/2010 17:38, David Empson wrote:
>> > Anyone with a Mid 2010 17" MacBook Pro care to confirm whether your
>> > computer's serial number is 12 characters long, and if so, what
>> > characters are in the third, fourth and fifth positions? (Alleged date
>> > code, using an alphanumeric coding system.)
> Sorry, off by one. Should be fourth, fifth and sixth positions if the
> MacRumors article had the details right.
>

Off by one year as well. :-)

--
Bruce Horrocks
Surrey
England
(bruce at scorecrow dot com)
From: Conor on
On 17/04/2010 16:34, Richard Tobin wrote:
> Apple seem to be getting nuttier every day. Today a Mac Rumours
> article describing a change in the format of Mac serial numbers
> has been "Removed at Request of Apple". No reason is given.
>
> Perhaps they'll demand Google remove this posting from its archive...
>
> -- Richard

Welcome to the dictatorship.

--
Conor I'm not prejudiced. I hate everyone equally.
From: eastender on
In article <4aCdnVR8HbirmVfWnZ2dnUVZ8m1i4p2d(a)brightview.co.uk>,
David Kennedy <davidkennedy(a)nospamherethankyou.invalid> wrote:

> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/16/apple_asks_fiore_to_resubmit

Ah - but as the Reg says: 'We can only hope that Apple has learned a
lesson about freedom of expression - but, to be frank, no breath is
being held here at Vulture Central.'

E.
From: Steve Firth on
eastender <nospam(a)nospam.com> wrote:

> In article <hqckes$rsf$1(a)pc-news.cogsci.ed.ac.uk>,
> richard(a)cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) wrote:
>
> > Apple seem to be getting nuttier every day.
>
> Also its censorship of the app store, with this ban for a prize winning
> cartoonist:
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/15/mark_fiore_rejected_from_app_stor
> e/

Except they didn't, in the end, ban his work.